Child Welfare Pre-Service Training: Family Preservation and Family - Centered Practice: Participant Guide (PDF - 392 KB) Florida Department of Children and Families & Child Welfare Training Consortium, University of South Florida (2012) Identifies the philosophy and
values of family preservation services and addresses family engagement, assessment, case planning, teaming, and more.
Cultural considerations for working with diverse populations also may include language barriers; religious beliefs and
family values; parenting practices; expectations and restrictions related to gender and age; concepts
of health and illness; issues related to assimilation and cultural
preservation; and attitudes toward women, children, and elders.
In making an equitable apportionment
of marital property, the
family court must give weight in such proportion as it finds appropriate to all
of the following factors: (1) the duration
of the marriage along with the ages
of the parties at the time
of the marriage and at the time
of the divorce; (2) marital misconduct or fault
of either or both parties, if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances
of the parties or contributed to the breakup
of the marriage; (3) the
value of the marital property and the contribution
of each spouse to the acquisition,
preservation, depreciation, or appreciation in
value of the marital property, including the contribution
of the spouse as homemaker; (4) the income
of each spouse, the earning potential
of each spouse, and the opportunity for future acquisition
of capital assets; (5) the health, both physical and emotional,
of each spouse; (6) either spouse's need for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse's income potential; (7) the non marital property
of each spouse; (8) the existence or nonexistence
of vested retirement benefits for each or either spouse; (9) whether separate maintenance or alimony has been awarded; (10) the desirability
of awarding the
family home as part
of equitable distribution or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody
of any children; (11) the tax consequences to each or either party as a result
of equitable apportionment; (12) the existence and extent
of any prior support obligations; (13) liens and any other encumbrances upon the marital property and any other existing debts; (14) child custody arrangements and obligations at the time
of the entry
of the order; and (15) such other relevant factors as the trial court shall expressly enumerate in its order.